Dong Hu turned his head and looked at Song Jian and others who were frowning, and smiled and said, "You may think that the chieftain we are talking about is actually similar to the Zhangye vassal state and Kucha vassal state... It is true, but the Zhangye vassal state and Kucha vassal state were not passed on for a thousand years, but were killed by us. How could it be passed on for a thousand years?"

"hehe……"

"If you want to be a minister of Qin or Han for a thousand years, the first thing you want is to be a minister and take the opportunity to cause trouble is not something a minister should do. Just like Brother Song is in a remote and small place, is he qualified to fight a powerful empire?"

"As a minister who is honest in the border, he has been honest for ten years and a hundred years. Even if one day a dishonest guy around you kills you, as long as your descendants escape, do you think... is the court willing to let a loyal minister who has been honest in the guards of the border for a hundred years guard in Guihan, or will a person who is rioting in the rebellion become the chieftain of Guihan?"

"The world is changing, and the princes compete for hegemony. If you don't participate, whoever wins the world will be your subject. Do you think... will the winning dynasty be willing to let you, who have been honest for two hundred years, continue to guard the sage?"

"If it were someone else, no one would know whether they would rebel. You and your descendants have been in the city of Kuhan for hundreds of years. If you were His Majesty the Emperor, you would like to choose who would you choose to be the chieftain of Kuhan Qiang King?"

Song Jian's heart trembled. He understood Dong Hu's words, but the next moment, Dong Hu teared all his desires into pieces.

"You brother Song don't want to become the King of Tusi. You have rebelled so you can't think you are qualified to be the King of Tusi."

"King Huwa, our old Song is really wronged! It's all the damn Han Sui who bewitched us!"

Song Jian hurriedly raised his big hand and swore a slander.

"Really! If our old Song Dan lies... five thunderstorms!"

Song Jian swore a slander, not to mention that Zhang Xiaohe and his men had strange eyes, even his horse bandit brothers looked contemptuous. How could they not know about this guy? Of course, Dong Hu had dealt with them ten years ago, and he was even more innocent about it.

The territory of the Central Plains is too large. Without railways, the army can be transported to quell the chaos in a short time. When it is impossible to get information through telephone and telegram, it is extremely difficult to control the territory of thousands of miles, especially minorities living in high mountains and ridges and have different folk customs. In this case, the chieftain system has become a more effective means of governance, which can at least maximize the integrity of the huge territory to some extent.

It not only maintains the integrity of the huge territory, but also gives the empire more time and a safe environment for the population to reproduce. The Han people are good at farming and are easy to accumulate wealth. As long as they are in a safe environment, the population reproduction rate far exceeds other ethnic groups, and gradually extends from densely populated areas of the Central Plains to remote areas. When the Han people in marginal areas reach a certain number, the chieftain system will naturally collapse, and the border will stabilize due to the population advantage of the Han people.

In Dong Hu's view, Zhangye vassal states and Kucha vassal states cannot be the existence of chieftains. According to the territory of the dynasty later, it can be seen that the chieftains from south to north are basically close to the plateau or on the plateau, with dense mountains and forests, and it is difficult to pose a major threat to the Central Plains dynasty. From the perspective of attributes, they are mostly mountain soldiers, rather than grassland cavalry that poses a huge threat to the Central Plains.

The Central Plains Dynasty was good at infantry battles and large armies. Moreover, the Central Plains had the advantage of military armor. Most of the chieftains of the mountain forest were infantry, and they could make a fuss in the mountains and forests. If they wanted to really run out and fight head-on with the infantry of the Central Plains, it was basically purely a death-seeking act. But when the grassland people popularized stirrups and horseshoes, the cavalry was like putting wings. The cavalry under cold weapons had more advantages over the infantry. Once they became chieftains, it would be to let the future enemies rest and let them make it difficult to control them!

Grassland herders grazed sheep outside all year round, and could run thousands of miles to herd sheep. This is similar to the fish that ran into the sea in the "two fish story" mentioned by Dong Hu and Dong Gu back then. The mountains and forests are dense and the roads are rugged and difficult to move. The people are similar to the fish that is in the paradise. The more closed the place, the more calm and conservative the person is, and the less likely it is to rebel or turmoil. In addition, the land in the mountains and forests is barren and difficult to feed more people. The environment is harsh and the lifespan is short. Even if you have been recuperating for thousands of years, the number of people is still so large. It is difficult to form a scene where hundreds of thousands of string-controlling soldiers gather on the grasslands.

Liangzhou has experienced several years of turmoil. If the population in the Shanghehuang Valley is not included, there are at most 400,000 people in the ten counties of Liangzhou. This is not 400,000 Han people, but 400,000 Qiang and Han people. Only the Hehuang Valley has been stable for several years. Many people have crossed mountains and ridges and fled into the valley. Even so, it is difficult for the entire ten counties of Liangzhou to reach one million people.

There are at most one million people in the ten counties of Liangzhou today. How many people have died? Dong Hu was not very clear, but he knew that at least hundreds of thousands of people had died.

The situation in Bingzhou is better than that in Liangzhou. In the sixth year of Xiping, 30,000 Han soldiers conquered the Danhanshan Xianbei, and after the defeat of the Xianbei county of Hetao, Han people fled south in large numbers, most of them escaped south of Yanmen Mountain. After that, Dong Hu went to war with the Xiongnu. Although many people died, these people were all Huns and were not counted within the number of Han people. When the Yu Fuluo and Huchuquan brothers rebelled in Lishi County, although they entered Taiyuan County, the Yanmen County occupied by Dong Hu to the north, the Hedong County controlled by the Han Dynasty to the south, and the Jizhou to the east. Although the Yu Fuluo and Huchuquan brothers rebelled, they were actually in extreme circumstances.

In danger, even if 50,000 Han people were captured, they would not dare to slaughter the Han people. The Baibo Army was the Yellow Turban Army, which was essentially the lower-class peasants. Even if the slaughter, it would only slaughter the wealthy families and did not slaughter the lower-class people. Therefore, even if there were some wars in Bingzhou, the population did not lose much. Even if it was lost, it was because Dong Hu robbed 200,000 Hedong County people, including Baibo Army, 200,000 to 300,000 Central Plains Yellow Turban Army, and more than 100,000 Huns. In fact, the total number of people in Bingzhou has not only not decreased, but has increased slightly compared to the original population, and the total number is also one million.

Liangzhou, Bingzhou... also includes such a vast territory, with a total population of only two million, which is even worse than the number of people in a fourth- and fifth-tier city in later generations. How to stabilize such a huge territory has become the most realistic problem.

Song Jian regretted so much that his intestines were green. Not only him, but the people who followed him also heard some of the meanings that Dong Hu wanted to express. Places such as Kuhan City, Hehuang Valley, and Plateau were likely to set up some chieftains. Although they didn't know what chieftains were, they could also understand them literally. Isn't chieftains just officials or kings who manage the whole place?

Why did Song Jian fight to death and rebel? He still wanted to be the King of Han at the end of the river? It doesn’t matter whether the King of Han is pacified or not. What matters is the word "prince", but no matter how he explains it, Dong Hu will not agree. Just relying on the three words "King of Han", he will not blame him for his head a hundred times!

Perhaps because of Song Jian's repellency, Dong Hu glared at him.

"You are thieves! If you hadn't stopped your hands in the end, you would definitely have one of them for your fingers outside the city!"

"Of course, you are our fellow villagers. You have not followed Han Sui and Ma Teng to fight with us, and we are not going to treat you badly. In addition to the county seats in Bingzhou, we will give you ten county magistrates and ten county magistrates. If you do some good things, don't make trouble for us. In the future, we will treat you as brothers, otherwise... don't blame us for being a bad person!"

Dong Hu hugged Zhang Xiao’s neck.

"There are 200,000 brothers who dare to fight and fight. We are also appointed by the imperial court to governor of Liangzhou. Now we are considered a lord and official official in the country, but we are still willing to call my brother Zhang as usual."

"It's a mess, and the money you should make is also made. Even if we don't say it, you all know what kind of urinary nature we Liangzhou people are. If we want to kill you, we don't even need to do anything. Let's talk. As long as we talk, others can cut you all and snatch all the wealth you snatch."

Zhang Xiao, Song Jian and his group were all reluctant to speak.

"You are too stupid. Even if we hand over all the people in your hands to you, you will die! Why? Because you can't afford to support them! Because you don't farm!"

"Before you could coax the soldiers below. After entering the Sanjiao of Chang'an, you could rob the money and make money. You could scold the court for being bad and transfer hatred to the court, but you couldn't even capture Chen Cang. You can tell yourself that you can't kill the territory of Liangzhou, and hatred cannot be transferred, and there is no food to support the soldiers. Where will the soldiers spread hatred and resentment?"

"We will kill us and attract the attention of the soldiers, otherwise... Brother Song, if you don't bring three or five thousand people back to Shihan immediately, you will die! Brother Zhang, whether you save the troops or disperse, you will die, either in the hands of your own brothers, or in the hands of Han Sui or Ma Teng!"

Dong Hu said again: "You have rebelled for several years. In the past few years, you have seen with your own eyes how many corpses of prominent families are all over the land. You cannot just see the dead bones on the roadside in front of you. At the appropriate time, you should also look back at the back and look at the red eyes behind you."

"Suggestions in the five realms, self-discipline, people, war, country, and world."

"hehe……"

"You can't even save your life as the lowest level of self-stakes, at least."

The crowd was sweating from their foreheads, and they were hunched with fear. How could they have the right to say no?

Dong Hu patted Zhang Xiao, who was arching, and smiled and said, "Even if the previous incident was over, Liangzhou or Bingzhou are all places where people were withered. Even if you become officials, you should not get too high salary. Although life has been a little hard, it is only for poor families. What about you? You have made a lot of money over the years. Whether in Liangzhou or Bingzhou, as long as the territory is safe and stable, you will be a rich man in the same place wherever you go, and you don't need that little salary or anything."
Chapter completed!